PHILADELPHIA — Lamenting the shrinking size of the United States military, Donald J. Trump warned Wednesday that America’s adversaries were preparing to capitalize on perceptions of American weakness around the world and vowed to bolster the nation’s military capabilities and defense spending.
“Our adversaries are chomping at the bit,” Mr. Trump said in a speech here at the Union League of Philadelphia. “We want to deter, avoid and prevent conflict through our unquestioned military strength.”
The speech, which Mr. Trump delivered with the aid of teleprompters, signified yet another effort by his campaign to refocus the Republican nominee on critiques of Hillary Clinton, his Democratic rival, and to demonstrate to voters that he can lay out detailed policy prescriptions to problems confronting the nation. It also seemed to be directed at the conservative foreign policy establishment, coming a day after Mr. Trump released a letter from about 90 retired military officials endorsing his campaign. … Mr. Trump proposed bolstering the size of the Army and the Marine Corps, adding ships and submarines to the Navy, and investing in new fighter planes for the Air Force. He said he would end the caps on military spending, or sequester, that were imposed after the 2011 debt ceiling battle, adding that the additional spending would be offset through “common sense reforms” in other areas of government and by paring down military bureaucracy. But he did not offer specifics.
“As soon as I take office, I will ask Congress to fully eliminate the defense sequester and will submit a new budget to rebuild our military,” he said.
Mr. Trump’s call for ending the sequester on military spending is unlikely to gain traction in the nation’s capital. Republicans have long pushed for lifting these limits — a proposal Democrats will consider only with comparable relief on the domestic spending side.
And on Tuesday night, in a sign of the likely stalemate, Senate Democrats filibustered a defense appropriations bill because it would have allowed for bursting through the caps on military spending without also doing the same for domestic spending.
Mr. Trump’s remarks came before the Republican nominee was to appear Wednesday night at a so-called commander in chief forum, televised from the Intrepid ship and maritime history museum in New York and focused on security and veterans issues. Mr. Trump is scheduled to be questioned after Mrs. Clinton.
In a foreign policy speech in April, Mr. Trump offered much the same thrust as in Wednesday’s address — presenting an at times paradoxical approach of using fiery oratory to promise a military buildup and the immediate destruction of the Islamic State while also rejecting the nation-building and interventionist instincts of George W. Bush’s administration.
Mr. Trump also echoed other themes that he has used during his campaign, calling on allies to pay more for American military protection.
“Early in my term, I will also be requesting that all NATO nations promptly pay their bills,” he said. “Only five NATO countries, including the United States, are currently meeting their minimum requirements to spend 2 percent of G.D.P. on defense.”
But Mr. Trump was otherwise vague on the specifics of how he would pay for his goal of building the Army to about 540,000 active troops; expanding the Navy to roughly 350 surface ships and submarines; and increasing the size of the Air Force to at least 1,200 fighter aircraft.
He said he would “make government leaner and more responsive to the public,” and suggested reducing the size of the federal government through “responsible workforce attrition.”
He also accused the Obama administration of agreeing to bad deals with Iran.
“Our president lied to us,” Mr. Trump said of President Obama, saying the nuclear deal with Iran put the country “on a path to nuclear weapons.”
Mr. Trump claimed that the United States has released $150 billion dollars to Iran. He failed to point out that the money came from Iranian assets frozen by the United States and released under the terms of the deal to limit Tehran’s nuclear program.
i like the part where he said "and poor poor defense only makes up 1/6th of the budget :( :( :("
Sebastian Green
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Luis Adams
[Unflattering photo of opponent]
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Really makes you think…
Jayden Wood
MO MONEY FO' DEM PROGRAMZ
Jace White
wtf I'm a shitstain missle now
Jayden Russell
wtf i hate trump now
Mason Walker
but seriously this: is his best idea on defense, wish he'd cut defense spending and make sure the above gets done, rather that UPPING our defense budget and making the others pay up as well
if he increases both, raytheon and lockheed are just getting a fat payday
John Harris
Still voting for him, and also; finally in good shape and familiar with most firearms/the creation, handling, and care of explosives.
If he gets in am joining.
What service should I join?
Joseph Reed
Sounds like Trump is trying to force European nations to spend more of their budgets on the military industrial complex so they can be more like ZOG USA and ZOG Israel.
Every presidential candidate that has a chance says this. They all want the military vote.
Also fixing problems in the military could result in increased size due to an increase in interest.
Levi Martinez
sage
Julian Baker
So who should I vote for then?
Blake Roberts
THIS THREAD IS A JOKE
THIS THREAD IS A WASTE
THIS THREAD IS A MESS
Charles Stewart
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Caleb Wright
not an argument you brainless fuck.
Both canidates are shit and Holla Forums should've known this from the start.
Join your local nationalist movement and take the fight to the streets and universities. Put up propoganda, and present yourself as kind, courteous and exceptional at all times.
Colton Kelly
Personally, I'm very interested in the new Deportation Task Force positions. I am very excited to see the job postings.
Grayson Torres
I actually met with an army recruiter today. I have a uni degree but I wanted to do private contractor network security for FEDGOV but I don't have a security clearance. I might bite the bullet and do a bit of military time so I can get my TS clearance.
But add some more incentives and I bet others are. For example: Military now accepts gays and trannies. Military probably has more gay and tranny applicants now as a result.
Jayden Gutierrez
Isn't that how military industrial complex works in USA? I don't exactly remember the reason, but it needs wars to replace old equipment. I know that USA often offloads faulty equipment on allies for full price, of course. As a result, my country has several malfunctioning F-16's it flaunts as "modernized air force". If Trump forced countries to spend 2% of their GDP on equipment, they won't produce the new equipment themselves. Hardly any country has arms industry. They'll go to USA to buy old stuff.
Nathan Bennett
You gotta change your filename, I know it's you (and only you) every single time.
Colton Martin
We need to industrialize again and mass produce tanks and other shit
I want big ass military parades that would make Hitler jealous.
Eli Bailey
counter-sage
Gavin Green
Who is going to buy those tanks and what are they going to do with them?
Josiah Cook
Fuck off
Joseph Lewis
Agreed. Trump's proposal is just another cash grab for USA ZOG "defense" corporations.
Charles Powell
Who said we were going to sell them? We keep them in mothball until we need them.
Caleb Lewis
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Aaron Gomez
I GOT A GREAT IDEA LET'S VOTE FOR HILLARY
Benjamin White
I only assumed because that would generate any money, but hey whats another 7 trillion to China
Oliver Stewart
Yeah, it's funny how everyone here thinks they're redpilled, but as soon as kikes throw something that shines, a lot of them grab it like the rest of the sheeple. Kikes won't let someone who's willing to work against their interests get elected president of a superpower in which they hold the most power. If ZOG wants war, it will get it and burgers will get drafted to once again spread freedom and it won't matter for who they voted. There will probably be a wall though, which is pretty much the only reason why I'd like to see him win.
Parker Cox
It's a news reporting story, not an op-ed piece.
Also:
Daniel Parker
wtf, I'm a #poomissile now
We could sell the excess to some countries in Europe I guess.
Hunter Brooks
Who should we vote for?
Sebastian Ramirez
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Blake Brooks
Hillary
Levi Campbell
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Jason Young
shiggy
Wyatt Hall
America is ZOG. So your statement is redundant.
Daniel Flores
Choke on sandnigger cum, faggot.
Justin Clark
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Henry Perez
No way anyone's getting drafted anytime soon. They're offloading (trained) people from the military as much as they can, because again, it's too damn big and unsustainable.
Alexander Gonzalez
Stop dodging his question like a fucking kike and answer him.
Jordan Ross
It won't matter. But the Trumpkiddies here like to think it will.
Gavin Fisher
To do what with?
When did compulsory voting become a law in the US?
Jonathan Edwards
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Luis Hill
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Isaiah Butler
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Robert Foster
The end of elections can't come soon enough.
Nathaniel Baker
If America isn't a "Zionist Occupied Government" I don't know what is.
Isaac Mitchell
real G_d believing christian conservatives support Isra_l alt-righties are just slavs who hate america
Dylan Wilson
Get fucked commie nigger.
Jaxon Clark
Thanks for the advice, retarded shill.
Your video isn't available. Really makes people think you have all these video urls copypasted somewhere so you can shitpost them easily, huh :^) ?
Anthony Gonzalez
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Jose Peterson
Everyone can see your nose, defeatist shill.
Lucas Gomez
Seriously gas yourself.
Jack Perez
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Julian Diaz
AHAHAHAHAA FAGGOT
Tyler Taylor
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Juan Martinez
I'm not saying don't vote. Vote. But don't expect your chosen candidate to make a bit of difference.
Alexander Baker
lol good luck
Luke Reyes
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Isaac Gomez
ALWAYS THE SAME IMAGE FILENAME EVERYBODY, WHEN YOU SEE OP POST THIS PIC, LOOK OUT FOR THE FILENAME HE USES IT IS LITERALLY ONE DEDICATED ANTI-TRUMP SHILL POSTING THE SAME IMAGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN
Anthony Russell
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Robert Cox
I was talking hypothetically. If they want another world war, and I think they're going to need it in order to finalise their wet dreams, you're getting drafted 100%.
Xavier Parker
Silly (((shill))).
Parker Gomez
I doubt any western nation would institute because the desertion rate would be so demoralizing it wouldn't make up for the extra men, like what happened with Vietnam.
Gavin Nelson
America is more ZOG than Israel kek. They have become one with the Jew.
Levi Morales
Don't bother coming back to this thread, folks. The shill-posting only gets worse from here.
Isaiah Evans
TBH there's no reason to believe Trump doesn't suck up to kikes and Israel, but that's not the point - the point is that he is openly opposed to our immigration system and has vowed to deport all the illegal spics in his last national speech
Grayson Butler
he's not going to do a single goddamned thing on that list and you know it
he's even walking back deporting illegals ffs
Dylan Lee
Honestly this. His fanboys here market him as a single issue candidate and he can't even get that completely right
Isaac Foster
There was a whole thread on here full of faggots talking about how they were going to enlist once Trump is elected.
Aiden Morales
Does this mean pay raise for those in the military? Cause I'm in the army
Adrian Foster
these are the words of a shill
Angel Cook
Nice try, you paid shills, but Trump confirmed ALL spics are going to be deported and our entire immigration system will be fundamentally reviewed
Joshua Wright
fuck off
Sebastian Cooper
It's not that they market him as a single-issue candidate, but the deportation stuff sounds good to most people and so they fall back on it as the ol' stand-by.
Except he's been wishy washy as fuck about it lately which only tells people if that's his one "hard" stance, then the rest is hot air as well.
Then why are his spokespeople playing coy about it today? I was listening to the cable channels today and the people HE PICKS to go out and speak for his campaign can't even give a straight answer.
